I agree the Mint did mess some things up with these but a lot of the errors can be laid at the feet of the Congress that authorized them. I think...
Not really a "Fake Cert" just a small fourth tier grading service. (Third tier now I guess because in my opinion the second and third tiers have...
Whoa hold on there. One, when they were initially to go on sale back on Dec 6th the distributors were selling them for $1500 a set (What do you...
The problem is that Paypal is like eBay, the 800 lb gorilla of the online payment services. Yes paybox may be a better service for you but if no...
They sold to the distributors for the (spot price X 5) + $10 or a little less than $160 per coin or about $800 per set.
Why? Many countries do not have mints of their own and instead contact with other mints, both public and private, to strike their coins. That...
Interesting, I was not aware of such an arrangement with the cotton mills, but it describes perfectly the situation that surrounded the coal...
It would be a transitional error. The clad composition patterns were struck using the Martha Washington/Mount Vernon designs. The 1964 quarters...
I just picked this one up on eBay. [IMG] It's a 4 reales of Spanish Mexico counterstamped by the Bank of England to pass as a florin during a time...
Possibly when the law was passed it actually referred to half dimes which you could put in and get stuck in your ears.
And when the portrait does change the direction will reverse with the bust facing left. Since at least the late 1600's or early 1700's by...
I'm 98% sure what you have is a 1940 proof set where the cello bags have been replaced with polybags (probably because the cellophane was...
Something tells me that someone has gotten the Chinese counterfeiters to pair up some obv dies and strike double headed copper 1943 cents. (Looks...
I first thought they were on the coin but after seeing some images of the packaging for some of these without the coin I'm no longer sure....
The mintmark style is also wrong for the 1911-S. The 11-S has the same mintmark style as seen on the 1909-S, compact with parallel sides and the...
I think it's real.
I'm here a litle late but I'll add my seconding to Marshall's confirmation.
Yes you can grade them, and it does not destroy the meaning of uncirculated (A coin having no wear whatsoever), because they can be graded AU...
For right now DO NOT take the coins out of the bags. I wish you had pictures because what you are describing sounds a whole lot like a 1940 proof...
If the planchet is internally flawed (such as a large internal lamination) the result can be what is called a dumb planchet that will not "ring"...
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